INCI ingredient

Gly Cerin

Also listed as: Glycerin

Gly Cerin appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in liquid soaps.

What it triggers

Vegan originNot sureorigin not on file
FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
SiliconeNonot a silicone
AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

What it does

Gly Cerin appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in liquid soaps.

It does not belong to any of the six groups we check, so it never changes a verdict.

We have not written the plain-language note for this ingredient yet; the facts above come straight from how it is classified.

Functions: denaturant, hair conditioning, humectant, oral care, skin protecting, solvent, viscosity controlling, perfuming, fragrance, skin conditioning - humectant

Products with Gly Cerin

in 2 products

Showing 2 of 2 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng

denaturant
hair conditioning
humectant
oral care
skin protecting
solvent
viscosity controlling
perfuming
fragrance
skin conditioning - humectant

denaturant: Rendering cosmetics unpalatable. Mostly added to cosmetics containing ethyl alcohol to make it unsuitable for ingestion.
hair conditioning: Enhancing the appearance and feel of hair. Leaving the hair easy to comb, supple, soft and shiny and/or imparting volume, lightness, gloss, texture, etc.
humectant: Retaining and/or preserving the moisture in a product during use.
oral care: Providing cosmetic effects to the oral cavity, e.g. cleansing, deodorising, protecting.

CAS 56-81-5 · EC 200-289-5

EU regulation

Not on a restricted-substances annex. Listed as an allowed cosmetic ingredient.

CosIng records a perfuming function for this ingredient.

Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.

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